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Stock Status

This page shows a summary of the status of all species listed on the site. An explanation of the information contained in the summary table is provided below. The information is sourced from the Ministry's Fishery Assessment Plenary Reports. A copy of the Fisheries Assessment Plenary Introduction document is available here and for each species on the appropriate species page. The information provided in this table is only intended to be a general summary. It is not intended to take the place of the Plenary Reports.

Species name

These are the names in common usage for each species throughout New Zealand. The corresponding scientific names can be found on the individual species pages.

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Species Name	Assessed Stocks	Assessment Date	Management Approach	Near/Above Target Biomass	Corrective Action
Albacore	South Pacific albacore	2005	open access / quantitative assessment	Yes	Conservation and management measure adopted at WCPFC 2
Alfonsino	BYX1		AMP	Yes	-
Alfonsino	BYX2		constant catch	Unknown	-
Alfonsino	BYX3			Unknown	-
Alfonsino	BYX7			Unknown	-
Anchovy	ANC1, ANC2, ANC3, ANC4, ANC7, ANC8, ANC10		forage species	Yes	-
Arrow squid	SQU1J, SQU1T		constant catch	Unknown	-
Arrow squid	SQU6T		constant catch	Unknown	-
Barracouta	BAR1		constant catch	Unknown	-
Barracouta	BAR4		constant catch	Unknown	-
Barracouta	BAR5		constant catch	Unknown	-
Barracouta	BAR7		constant catch	Unknown	-
Barracouta	BAR10			Unknown	-
Bigeye tuna	Western & Central Pacific Ocean	2006	quantitative assessment	Yes	Conservation and management measure adopted at WCPFC 2
Black cardinalfish	CDL1, CDL2, CDL3, CDL4, CDL5, CDL6, CDL7, CDL8, CDL9		constant catch	Unknown	-
Blue cod	BCO1		constant catch	Yes	-
Blue cod	BCO2		constant catch	Yes	-
Blue cod	BCO3		constant catch	Unknown	-
Blue cod	BCO4		constant catch	Unknown	-
Blue cod	BCO5		constant catch	Yes	-
Blue cod	BCO7		constant catch	Yes	-
Blue cod	BCO8		constant catch	Yes	-
Blue mackerel	EMA1, EMA2, EMA3, EMA7			Unknown	-
Blue moki	MOK1, MOK3, MOK4, MOK5, MOK10		constant catch	Probably	-
Blue shark	BWS1			Unknown	-
Blue warehou	WAR1, WAR2, WAR3, WAR7, WAR8, WAR10	1998	constant catch	Unknown	-
Bluenose	BNS1		AMP	Probably	-
Bluenose	BNS2		AMP	Unknown	-
Bluenose	BNS3		AMP	Probably	-
Bluenose	BNS7		AMP	Probably	-
Bluenose	BNS8		AMP	Probably	-
Butterfish	BUT1, BUT2, BUT3, BUT4, BUT5, BUT6, BUT7			Unknown	-
Cockle	COC1A	2006	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Cockle	COC3A	2004	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Cockle	COC7A, COC 7B	2005	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Dark ghost shark	GSH1, GSH2, GSH3, GSH4, GSH5, GSH6, GSH7, GSH8, GSH9		constant catch	Unknown	TACC increased in 2006
Dredge oyster (Foveaux Strait)	OYU5	2005	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Dredge oyster (Other)	OYS7	2004	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Elephant fish	ELE2			Unknown	-
Elephant fish	ELE3		AMP	Unknown	-
Elephant fish	ELE5		AMP	Unknown	-
Elephant fish	ELE7		constant catch	Unknown	-
Flatfish	FLA1, FLA2, FLA3, FLA7		constant catch	Unknown	TACC for FLA3 reduced in 2007. TAC for FLA3 set in 2007.
Freshwater eels	ANG11, ANG12, ANG13, ANG14, ANG15, ANG16		spawning escapement	Unknown	-
Freshwater eels	SFE17, LFE17		spawning escapement	Unknown	-
Freshwater eels	SFE20, SFE21, SFE22, SFE23, LFE20, LFE21, LFE22, LFE23		spawning escapement	Unknown	TAC and TACC reduced in 2007
Frostfish	FRO1, FRO2, FRO3, FRO4, FRO5, FRO6, FRO7, FRO8, FRO9		constant catch	Unknown	-
Garfish	GAR1, GAR2, GAR3, GAR4, GAR7, GAR8			Unknown	-
Gemfish	SKI1, SKI2	2004	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Gemfish	SKI3, SKI7	1997	constant catch	No	TACC reduced in 1997
Green-lipped mussel	GLM1, GLM2, GLM3, GLM7A, GLM7B, GLM8, GLM9		constant catch	Unknown	-
Grey mullet	GMU1		constant catch	No	-
Grey mullet	GMU2, GMU3, GMU7			Unknown	-
Grouper	HPB1, HPB2, HPB3, HPB4, HPB5, HPB7, HPB8		constant catch	Unknown	-
Hake	HAK1 (Excl. Chatham rise)	2004	quantitative assessment	Yes	-
Hake	HAK4 (& west Chatham rise HAK1)	2004	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Hake	HAK7	2004	quantitative assessment	Yes	-
Hoki	HOK1 West	2007	quantitative assessment	No	TAC and TACC reduced in 2007
Hoki	HOK1 East	2007	quantitative assessment	Yes	TAC and TACC reduced in 2007
Jack mackerel	JMA1, JMA3	1991	constant catch	Unknown	-
Jack mackerel	JMA7	2007	constant catch	Probably	-
John dory	JDO1, JDO2, JDO3	1997	constant catch	Unknown	-
John dory	JDO7			Yes	-
Kahawai	KAH1	2007	constant catch	Yes	TAC and TACC reduced in 2005. Direction by the High Court to review those decisions stayed pending resolution of an appeal by commercial and recreational fishing interests. Court of Appeal judgement is now available and is being considered by the parties. The Court of Appeal has overturned the requirement to review the TAC.
Kahawai	KAH2, KAH3, KAH4, KAH8, KAH10			Probably	TACs and TACCs reduced in 2005. Direction by the High Court to review the TACC decisions stayed pending resolution of an appeal by commercial and recreational fishing interests. By agreement at the Court of Appeal TAC and TACC decisions for these stocks are to be reviewed.
Kina	SUR3, SUR4, SUR5, SUR7A, SUR7B	1993	constant catch (part of SUR5)	Unknown	-
Kina	SUR1A, SUR1B, SUR2A, SUR2B, SUR8, SUR9			Unknown	-
Kingfish	KIN1, KIN2, KIN3, KIN4, KIN7, KIN8, KIN10		bycatch only	Unknown	-
Leatherjacket	LEA1, LEA2, LEA3, LEA4		bycatch only	Unknown	-
Ling	LIN1	2005	AMP	Unknown	-
Ling	LIN2		constant catch	Unknown	-
Ling	LIN3, LIN4	2004	quantitative assessment	Yes	-
Ling	LIN5, LIN6	2003	quantitative assessment	Yes	-
Ling	LIN7	2006	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Lookdown dory	LDO1, LDO3			Unknown	-
Mako shark	MAK1			Unknown	-
Moonfish	MOO1			Unknown	-
Orange roughy	ORH1 Northern North Island		AMP	Unknown	The TACC was to be reduced to 870 tonnes in notice 2007/281 and the TAC reduced to 914 tonnes on 1 October 2007 but High Court judgement CIV 2007-485-2199 quashed the Minister's decision and the notices have been set aside. The limits set on 1 October 2001 are to be retained.
Orange roughy	ORH1 Mercury-Colville	2001	AMP	Unknown	The TACC was to be reduced to 870 tonnes in notice 2007/281 and the TAC reduced to 914 tonnes on 1 October 2007 but High Court judgement CIV 2007-485-2199 quashed the Minister's decision and the notices have been set aside. The limits set on 1 October 2001 are to be retained.
Orange roughy	ORH2A north - East Cape	2003	quantitative assessment	No	Catch level reduced in 2000
Orange roughy	ORH2A south, ORH2B, ORH3A - Mid East Coast	2004	quantitative assessment	Possibly	-
Orange roughy	ORH3B Northwest Chatham Rise	2006	quantitative assessment	Unknown	TAC and TACC reduced in 2007
Orange roughy	ORH3B East Chatham Rise	2006	quantitative assessment	Possibly	TAC and TACC reduced in 2007
Orange roughy	ORH3B South Chatham Rise	2004	quantitative assessment	Possibly	TAC and TACC reduced in 2007
Orange roughy	ORH3B Puysegur	1998	quantitative assessment	No	Closed in 1997
Orange roughy	ORH3B Other		exploratory	Unknown	-
Orange roughy	ORH7A Challenger Plateau	2000	quantitative assessment	No	Effectively closed in 2000
Orange roughy	ORH7B West Coast South Island	2004		No	Effectively Closed from 1 October 2007
Oreos	OEO 1/OEO3A Southland Smooth Oreo	2004	constant catch	Unknown	TAC and TACC for OEO1 reduced in 2007
Oreos	OEO3A Black	2004	quantitative assessment	Yes	-
Oreos	OEO3A Smooth	2005	quantitative assessment	Yes	-
Oreos	OEO4 Black	2000	quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Oreos	OEO4 Smooth	2003	quantitative assessment	Yes	-
Oreos	OEO6 - Pukaki smooth oreo	2006	constant catch	Unknown	-
Pacific bluefin tuna	TOR1	2006		Unknown	-
Paddle crab	PAD1, PAD2, PAD3, PAD4, PAD5, PAD6, PAD7, PAD8, PAD9		constant catch	Unknown	-
Pale ghost shark	GSP1, GSP5		constant catch	Yes	-
Pale ghost shark	GSP7		constant catch	Unknown	-
Parore	PAR1, PAR2, PAR9			Unknown	-
Paua	PAU2, PAU3, PAU6		quantitative assessment	Unknown	-
Paua	PAU4	2004	quantitative assessment	Probably	-
Paua	PAU5A	2006	quantitative assessment	No	Further research requested
Paua	PAU5B	2007	quantitative assessment	Possibly	TACC reduced and TAC set in 2002
Paua	PAU5D	2006	quantitative assessment	Unknown	TAC reduced in 2003
Paua	PAU6	1997		Unknown	-
Paua	PAU7	2005	quantitative assessment	Possibly	-
Pilchard	PIL1, PIL2, PIL3, PIL4, PIL7, PIL8		forage species	Unknown	-
Porae	POR1, POR2, POR3			Unknown	-
Porbeagle shark	POS1			Unknown	-
Queen scallop	QSC3			Unknown	-
Ray's bream	RBM1			Unknown	-
Red cod	RCO1, RCO2		constant catch	Unknown	-
Red cod	RCO3	1999	constant catch	Unknown	TAC set and TACC reduced in 2007
Red cod	RCO7	1999	constant catch	Unknown	-
Red gurnard	GUR1		constant catch	Yes	-
Red gurnard	GUR3		AMP	Unknown	-
Red gurnard	GUR7		constant catch	Unknown	-
Red gurnard	GUR2, GUR8	1998	constant catch	Unknown	-
Red snapper	RSN1, RSN2, RSN10			Unknown	-
Ribaldo	RIB1, RIB2, RIB3, RIB4, RIB5, RIB6, RIB7, RIB8, RIB9		constant catch	Unknown	-
Rig	SPO1		constant catch	Unknown	-
Rig	SPO2		constant catch	Unknown	-
Rig	SPO3		AMP	Unknown	-
Rig	SPO7		AMP	No	TAC reduced in 2006
Rig	SPO8		constant catch	Unknown	-
Rock lobster	CRA1 Northland	2002	quantitative assessment	Probably	-
Rock lobster	CRA2 Bay of Plenty	2002	quantitative assessment	Possibly	-
Rock lobster	CRA3 Gisborne	2004	quantitative assessment	Possibly	TAC reduced in 2005
Rock lobster	CRA4 Hawke's Bay-Wairarapa	2005	quantitative assessment	Possibly	-
Rock lobster	CRA5 Marlborough-Canterbury	2003	quantitative assessment	Probably	-
Rock lobster	CRA6 Chatham Islands	1996	constant catch	Unknown	-
Rock lobster	CRA7 Otago	2006	decision rule	Probably	-
Rock lobster	CRA8 Southern	2006	decision rule	Probably	-
Rock lobster	CRA9 Westland-Taranaki		constant catch	Unknown	-
Rock lobster	PHC - All QMAs			Unknown	-
Rough skate	RSK1, RSK3, RSK7, RSK8			Unknown	-
Rubyfish	RBY1		AMP	Probably	-
Rubyfish	RBY2			Unknown	-
Rubyfish	RBY3, RBY4, RBY5, RBY6, RBY7, RBY8, RBY9		AMP	Unknown	TAC and TACC for RBY8 reduced in 2007 to correct a technical error
Scampi	SCI1, SCI2, SCI3 SCI4A, SCI5, SCI6A, SCI6B, SCI7, SCI8, SCI9		constant catch	Unknown	-
School shark	SCH1, SCH2	1996	constant catch	Unknown	TAC for SCH1 set in 2007
School shark	SCH3, SCH4, SCH5, SCH7, SCH8	1996	AMP	Unknown	-
Sea perch	SPE1, SPE2, SPE3, SPE4, SPE5, SPE6, SPE7, SPE8, SPE9		AMP (SPE3 only)	Unknown	-
Silver warehou	SWA1		AMP	Possibly	-
Silver warehou	SWA3, SWA4		constant catch	Unknown	-
Skipjack tuna	non-QMS	2005	open access	Yes	-
Smooth skate	SSK1, SSK3, SSK7, SSK8			Unknown	-
Snapper	SNA1	2000	quantitative assessment	Possibly	TAC reduced in 1997
Snapper	SNA2	2002		Possibly	-
Snapper	SNA3			Unknown	-
Snapper	SNA7	2002		Possibly	-
Snapper	SNA8	2005	quantitative assessment	No	TAC reduced in 2005
Southern blue whiting	SBW6I	2007	quantitative assessment	Yes	TAC reduced in 2006
Southern blue whiting	SBW6B	2005	quantitative assessment	No	TAC reduced in 2003
Southern blue whiting	SBW6R	2002	constant catch	Yes	-
Southern blue whiting	SBW6A		constant catch	Yes	-
Southern bluefin tuna	STN1 / Worldwide stock	2005	quantitative assessment	No	TAC set in 2004
Spiny dogfish	SPD1, SPD3, SPD4, SPD5, SDP7, SPD8			Unknown	-
Sprat	SPR1, SPR3, SPR4, SPR7		forage species	Unknown	-
Stargazer	STA1, STA2, STA3, STA8		constant catch (AMP for STA3)	Unknown	-
Stargazer	STA4			Unknown	-
Stargazer	STA5			Yes	-
Stargazer	STA7		constant catch / AMP	Unknown	-
Striped marlin	no commercial landings permitted	2006		Unknown	-
Swordfish	SWO1			Unknown	-
Tarakihi	TAR1		constant catch	Yes	-
Tarakihi	TAR2, TAR3, TAR4, TAR5, TAR7, TAR8		constant catch (AMP TAR2 & TAR3)	Unknown	-
Toothfish	88.1 (CCAMLR Area)	2006	CCAMLR decision rules	Yes	-
Toothfish	88.2 (CCAMLR Area)	2006	CCAMLR decision rules	Yes	-
Trevally	TRE1	1985	constant catch	Probably	-
Trevally	TRE2	1985	constant catch	Unknown	-
Trevally	TRE7	2005	quantitative assessment	Yes	-
Trumpeter	TRU1, TRU2, TRU3, TRU4, TRU5, TRU6, TRU7, TRU8, TRU9			Unknown	-
White warehou	WWA1, WWA2, WWA3, WWA4, WWA5B, WWA7, WWA8, WWA9		constant catch	Unknown	WWA5 and WWA6 were amalgamated to form WWA5B on 1 October 2007
Yellow-eyed mullet	YEM1, YEM2, YEM3, YEM4, YEM5, YEM6, YEM7, YEM8, YEM9			Unknown	-
Yellowfin tuna	Western & Central Pacific Ocean	2005	quantitative assessment	Yes	Conservation and management measure adopted at WCPFC 2